| Author | Message | ||
     Denisea  |
very-nearly-illegal-and-deported-alien, menace-to-California-and-all-things-good-pure-and-proper, hi-vis-yellow-and-black V-THING is back in the wind well, I WAS warned he was dangerous.  coming soon to a twisty near you. Did someone say Yahoo!  | ||
| Unibear12r |
SEE!!! I said there'd be no holding him back. The Bumble Bee is about to go into attack mode I think. Best thumb pic yet but it's a bit too low Jerry, you're letting the cat outa the bag dude. Ok, I know exactly who's last in that painting. Damn, I still need to stay on the diet too!  | ||
| Dino  |
Ok, I know exactly who's last in that painting. Not too hard to figure out who those last two riders are. They're the ones having to scrub in those new tires that Al & crew slaved over late into the night! But Char says that the one in back only looks big because he (and we won't name names) is just closer to the camera. Well, that's what she says now anyway. | ||
| Unibear12r |
Of course Char is totally correct on that perspective thing and that's a great painting (picture too!).  But...there is a reason for the unibear moniker you know. I'm slowly winning the battle so maybe my tires will start lasting longer? That Belly Up sign has the opposite effect on me than what the owner wanted I think. Sort of a shivering scare me straight to the salad bar kind of thing. And I hate rabbit food! | ||
| Jerry_haughton  |
UberBear, how's THIS??? think it'll stick? have you started looking at plans yet? | ||
| Sleez  |
YOOOHOOOO!!!! | ||
| Unibear12r |
Sky Rider Ranch. Not bad Jerry, it might stick. When you stand on the point and a bit of weather is blowing up the valley past your ears it can feel like your riding the sky. I like the acronym too, in fact it might even bring a bit of balance to things. Sort of a ying & yang kind of thing considering what my sister might name her half of the mountain. Did I ever tell you that she's married to a Pentecostal Minister? | ||
| Jerry_haughton |
i'm a Libra. i DIG balance. btw, Webster's New World Dictionary Third College Edition defines "Yahoo" as "...a person who is variously thought of as being coarse, uneducated, unrefined, anti-intellectual, crudely materialistic, etc." who knew? Sky Rider Ranch. i LIKE it. me 'n D wanna be the first members. | ||
| Jerry_haughton |
 | ||
| Jerry_haughton |
 | ||
| Jerry_haughton |
 | ||
| Jerry_haughton |
 | ||
| Jerry_haughton |
 | ||
| Dino |
So, is the purpose of the inner fender to keep the gunk off of the rear tire? It seems to be working!  Hey, didja notice that Reindoggie now has his own personal clipart?  | ||
| Jerry_haughton |
well, i can tell you THIS: Denise is SO happy i have my own motorcycle again. | ||
| Pdxs3t  |
I bet she is! | ||
| Jerry_haughton |
hey, remember my friend Spike Lean? SURE ya do, from mine and D's ride to the wrong side of the tracks several weeks ago?  well, i think ol' Spike's gonna clean up just fine.  (Message edited by jerry_haughton on February 06, 2005) | ||
| Jerry_haughton |
 altho he still has a ways to go. (Message edited by jerry_haughton on February 05, 2005) | ||
| Jerry_haughton |
 this is after a fair amount of time on the bench grinder (Dino, it only took me 51 years to come up with a legitimate excuse to buy a bench grinder!), and an equal amount of time with two different files and three grades of sandpaper. you can still see a lot of "wounds" from the files, but they're already long gone as you read this. (Message edited by jerry_haughton on February 05, 2005) | ||
| Jerry_haughton |
 a LOTof work yet to do. anal? only a little. (Message edited by jerry_haughton on February 05, 2005) | ||
| Tripper  |
As dirty as it was I'm suprised you let it enter the clean room... er, I mean your garage. | ||
| Dino |
Dino, it only took me 51 years to come up with a legitimate excuse to buy a bench grinder! WHAT? You didn't start lusting after a bench grinder 'til you were ten?!?  BTW, Char seems to think that finding a rusty spike and determining that, by golly, ya need a bench grinder is an incredibly common and even predictable male reaction. Go figure. | ||
| Pdxs3t |
Cool! | ||
| Firemanjim  |
Wounds from the files--jeez ,yer hands look like crap,sorta like lizard skin with all that grit stuck in them--- And if you got my bike that dirty the beatings would still be going on!!Ya know,they make these things called dirtbikes--an amazing concept. | ||
| Jerry_haughton |
Tripper: ar! ar! this is only the second place in my adult life that i've had a garage, and i unabashedly admit that i'm digging it. "clean", you say? it's called anal. Dino: 1) ouch. however, might i remind you how you came upon your nickname? 2) Char's right: us men are plenty predictable when it comes to the "Geez, honey, if I only had a __________ [fill in the blank with the tool of your choice] just think how much easier it would be to __________ [fill in the blank with the chore of your choice]. me? NOW i'm on the lookout for a workbench-sized belt sander... 2a) besides, something tells me Char has an equally dizzying array of artist-type tools that have been acquired over the years using the same irreproachable logic. Pdxs3t: will be even COOLER when you get your aging Thunderboltish arse down here and me 'n D 'n UberBear 'n Dino can give you the up-close-and-personal guided rail-fanatic tour. FMJ: 1) them's my "polishin'" gloves (and now that i've got a bench grinder i've got a spiffy pair of "grindin'" gloves, too) - not a bad investment for someome who types for a living. 2) getting beat by Denise ain't such a bad thing...  3) dirtbikes are on our list... | ||
| Jb2 |
My heart goes out to the railroad spike... having it's character stripped away like that. Is there anything you won't polish? | ||
| Jerry_haughton |
a) it'll still have plenty of character. it's a railroad spike, after all. b) no. | ||
| Jerry_haughton |
WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! long-time readers may remember the following two photos from the recon ride i did for Alex Prior's RANE ride last year, taken "on the road" in Mesquite, Nevada:   | ||
| Jerry_haughton |
well who should come cruising up the driveway this afternoon but Mr. Dave Barr HIMSELF!!!  | ||
| Jerry_haughton |
Mr. Barr said, with a friendly grin, that he was here on behalf of our mutual friend JB2 to present me a signed copy of his new book:  me? i was slack-jawed, amazed, humbled, and chattering like a little kid on Christmas morning! (Message edited by jerry_haughton on February 09, 2005) |
